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Garner and Smithfield-Selma have now met twice, both times after a Garner loss. The first time these two teams met were after the Trojans lost to Millbrook in the GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational and Garner won that meeting, 67-41. On Thursday, Garner was coming off their first conference loss of the year, a 78-74 loss at Knightdale, and Thursday would have the same result as the previous meeting as Garner Slayed the Spartans 65-48.
SSS tried to slow down the high powered Trojan offensive attack in the first quarter, and for the most part did a good job as they frustrated the Trojans on the offensive end, but Garner took a 18-7 lead after the first quarter.
In the games second quarter, Garner's lead would grow to double digits as Gavin Wilson got hot and poured in 11 points to lead the Trojans in first half scoring en route to his game high 17 points.
The Spartans first half was marred by foul trouble as at halftime, SSS had three players with at least 2 or more fouls which really limited what the Spartans could do in the second half as they trailed by ten a 34-24 at halftime.
However, Garner let SSS creep back into the game until it was just at six point lead at 36-30 midway through the third quarter, but after a Trojan timeout, Garner went on an 11-1 run to really put the game away as the Trojans full court pressure created several turnovers as the Trojans came away with a 65-48 win.
Garner (10-7, 9-1) will be back in action tomorrow night as they travel to arch rival Southeast Raleigh for a 7:30 tip off.
Varsity Girls Get Win over SSS
Both teams started slow on Thursday night as Garner had a 8-6 lead after the first quarter, however, the Lady Trojans overcame their slow start and avenged a early season loss to the Spartans as they picked up a big 49-36 win over SSS on Thursday night.
Coach Mays and the Lady Trojans have now won two in a row and they will try to make it three in a row Friday night when they travel to Southeast Raleigh for a 6:00 tip.
